Saw-handle



W. R. TOWSE.

3 Q SAW HANDLE.

Patented Aug. 4, 1885.

llNITEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. TOWSE, or COLUMBUS, orno.

SAW-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,833, dated August4, 1885.

Application filed February 25, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM It. Towsn, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Saw Handles,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the handles of handsaws, and more particularlyto those known as carpenters saws, wherein a handle adapted to be heldin one hand only is secured to the saw-blade by means of small bolts orrivets, and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide asaw-handle with a cup adapted to hold oil or grease; second, to providea saw'handle with an oil or grease cup,

which at the same time performs the function of a nut for thescrew-threaded handle-bolts. I attain these objects in the mannerillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 representsa side view of a sawhandle having my improvement therein. Fig. 2 is asectional view of a portion of the sawhandle and the cup. Fig. 3 is asection taken on line co m of Fig. 1, and showing the lid open.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

At any desirable bolting-point on the haudle A a depression is formed ofthe required shape to admit of the metallic cup B being inserted therein(a corresponding hole being cut through the saw-blade at that point)until the surface of the lid b is flush with the surface of the handle.Projecting from the center of the bottom of said cup and cast therewithis a cylindrical nut, 6, closed at its upper end, having internalscrew-threads with which the threads on the bolt (Z are adapted to engage, thus forming a firm connect-ion between the two sides of thehandle.

The cup proper is slightly conical in form, tapering inward from itsmouth, and-is provided with alid, b, hinged on one side thereof. The lidI) is provided with a lug, f, on its under side and near its outer edge,having a shoulder on one side adapted to engage with a correspondingprojection on a vertical spring, f, in the cup B, and thus keep the lidclosed. This spring-latch f is secured at its rated with and retainingto a certain extent oil or grease. In order to prevent the oil or greasefrom running out of the cup when the saw is, as is often the case, leftstanding or hanging against a wall with the handle up, the metal formingthe lower side of the cup when the saw is in this position is of greaterthickness near the mouth of the cup than toward the bottom, thus forminga dam against the escape of any small amountof oil which may not beabsorbed by the material within the cup. As a further precautionagainstthe escape of oil a flange, g, of proper sizeto conform to theshape and size of the inner edge of the mouth of the cup is madetoproject at right angles from the lower side of thelid, and its two endsmeeting on opposite sides of the lug f an'inclosure is formed which willhold such oil or grease gathered on the lid (from contact with thesponge) when the lid is thrown back. This flange g is adapted to enterthe cup when the lid is closed and bear against the inner periphery ofthe cup.

By the above -described means it will be seen that the cup B may be madeto hold oil or grease in a convenient place for use when it is desiredto oil or grease the sawblade, and at the same time perform the functionof a nut for one of the saw-handle bolts. Having now fully described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a handsaw handle, the combination of an oil or grease cup, B, havinga rearwardlyprojecting nut, c, in combination with the handle-bolt d,substantially as and for the purpose described.

Signed at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, this20th day of February, A. D. 1885.

WVILLIAM R. TOWSE.

Witnesses:

F. O. J OI-INSON, HENRY C. TAYLOR.

